Google Sheets vs Asana for Project Management: When to Use Each One

I love the beauty of Asana, they’ve literally invested tens of millions into this piece of software to give us a free, flexible, project management tool.

I also love Google Sheets as a simpler Excel sheet that’s focused on collaboration and connecting to other web sources.

Recently, I was struggling with Asana because I had about 150 tasks on Asana cards spread throughout 10+ projects, and there was no way to get a good consolidated view of all the work I had going on and what to do next.

The problem with project management that I’ve faced is understanding:

What is the most important few things I should be working on this day/month

What should I work on right now

What are the critical crucial tasks that are due that can jeopardize other projects or client relationships if I don’t do

Now both Google Sheets and Asana are so general that it would be impossible to compare every feature for every person. So I’m writing it from the perspective of someone who is broadly a digital marketer. My use case may be different from yours, but it’s likely very similar to designers, developers, project managers, UX consultants, paid search consultants, and many people who build or help manage websites in one way or another.